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Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising white cornmeal
- 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 large jalapeno, chopped fine
- Kosher salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 8 cups peanut oil, for frying
Directions
In a large bowl, mix the cornmeal, onions, jalapeno and a pinch of salt. Add enough of the buttermilk to make a stiff batter. You may not need the whole 2 cups.
Heat the peanut oil in a deep fryer or a large heavy bottomed pot to 250 degrees F.
Drop the batter into the hot oil by teaspoonfuls. The hushpuppies will turn over in the oil as they cook. They are done when they are brown all over, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and season with salt. Keep the hushpuppies warm while you fry the remaining batter. Serve hot.
Notes
Cook's Note: If you can't find self-rising cornmeal, substitute 2 cups cornmeal plus 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
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By 3shacks
on March 25, 2013
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Loved this simple recipe ! Only used 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk & used a scooper - making hushpuppies round & firm . The batter was almost like cookie dough.
Used canned jalapeno , chopped fine with sweet onion.
Took a double recipe to a dinner party of 15 people . Came home with an empty plate !
By Bob_4986262
Glen Allen, VA
on March 15, 2013
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I really like hushpuppies. When I moved to the South, I learned that they go well with seafood and with bbq. I tried making them once before, and that recipe was a failure (or I did it wrong. This worked! I loved them. They weren't pretty (maybe the batter was the wrong consistency the batter kind of fell off the spoon and some of them were oddly shaped, some were large, some were small. I didn't seem to have much luck there. But they tasted great!
By JSim549
on March 12, 2013
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These tasted good but were just too greasy for me.
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